88: Monkey King, you're amazing!

When it comes to the discussion of journey to the west, it has to be the students.

Little Lite was very happy when he went to school the next day; carrying his backpack, he didn't feel the slightest bit of reluctance to go.

Instead, he skipped along the way.

Once he arrived at the classroom, he dropped his backpack. "Xiao Mei, have you watched journey to the west?"

The little girl sitting next to him with braided pigtails turned around. "I did! You watched it too? Wow, the fairies in there are so beautiful."

Little Lite grinned. "I like the Monkey King."

As he spoke, he stepped to the side, flicked an imaginary cape, and picked up a broom from the back of the classroom. "The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven is here!"

"Damned Jade Emperor! Come and fight me quickly!"

He brandished the broom, feeling as if he had truly transformed into the Monkey King at that moment.

The broom in his hand no longer felt like a broom, but rather that glittering Ruyi golden-hooped rod!

"Wow!" Stars instantly appeared in Xiao Mei's eyes.

"So cool!"

Others in the class also looked over. A chubby little boy thumped over. "Let me play with it."

Little Lite looked at him. "Do you know who I'm imitating?"

The chubby boy patted his chest. "How could I not know? The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven! I want to be the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven too!"

Once he said that, others started chirping and shouting, "I want to be him too! Me too!"

"Then I'll be Nezha. Watch me sprout three heads!"

"Then I... I'll be, be the Monkey King's master!"

Saying that, he tapped his friend's head three times. His friend immediately knelt on the ground. "Master, you tapped me three times to tell me to come at midnight. Teach me magic now!"

The classroom was rowdy, and it wasn't just them.

Children all across the Central Continent were discussing the Monkey King.

But there were also those who didn't know the Monkey King.

Ding Yi had just arrived in the classroom with his backpack when he heard his classmates discussing something about the Monkey King.

However, he had no interest at all.

He suffered from a mild emotional illness, but since his parents weren't around, he could only live with his grandmother.

His grandmother was also helpless against his emotional illness and could only try her best to make him happy.

But how could an emotional illness be so easily cured to allow someone to feel emotions?

He habitually took out his workbook, and after writing just a few words, his desk-mate shouted, "Ding Yi, have you watched journey to the west?"

Ding Yi glanced over. "No, it's boring."

His desk-mate blinked. "It's not boring at all. journey to the west is really good."

"Let me tell you, the Monkey King is amazing. He popped out of a rock and became the king of the mountain. Later, he went to find a master to learn skills. After studying for hundreds of years, he could fly in the sky on a cloud."

"Later, he even went to heaven to fight with the gods and ate the peaches of heaven. Wow!"

"Do you know about the peaches of heaven?"

"Eating one can make you immortal, and those peaches take thousands of years to ripen."

"It's just that the Jade Emperor in heaven is especially wicked. They wanted to beat the Monkey King. You really should watch it."

Hearing his desk-mate's description, Ding Yi pursed his lips. "Okay then."

He thought that if there really were such peaches, he would definitely find a way to get one for his grandmother.

That way, his grandmother would be with him forever.

After returning home from school, his grandmother was cooking dinner for him.

Ding Yi walked over. "Grandma, I'm back."

His silver-haired grandmother patted his head. "Yi Yi is back. Were you happy today?"

She looked at Ding Yi's expressionless face, deep worry in her eyes.

"Grandma is making tomato and egg stir-fry. Go wash your hands first and get ready to eat."

Ding Yi gave an 'en' in response, obediently washed his hands, and finished his meal.

Afterward, he was pushed in front of the TV by his grandmother. "You can do your homework anytime. Watch some TV. I heard people saying that cartoon is quite good."

As she spoke, she muttered under her breath, "At such a young age, why is he always unhappy?"

Ding Yi looked at the TV expressionlessly, but he suddenly remembered the journey to the west his desk-mate had mentioned.

With the mindset of looking for the peaches, he tuned to the channel showing journey to the west and started watching from the first episode.

Originally, he just planned to watch it casually, but who would have thought that after just one episode, he couldn't wait to watch the next.

He kept watching like that until he reached the fifth episode broadcast today.

"What! Erlang Shen's dog is too wicked!"

"How could it betray the Monkey King's feelings!"

The more Ding Yi watched, the angrier he became. When the Monkey King saw an injured puppy, he even healed its wounds and took good care of it.

But the puppy betrayed him!

It was so infuriating!

He watched the cartoon indignantly, but couldn't help but feel that the Monkey King was truly wonderful.

He could even transform into all sorts of small animals. If only he could turn into a small animal too.

He wanted to become a bird to experience what it felt like to fly in the sky.

The following plot made his heart tighten even more.

The Monkey King was captured, and the gods in heaven wanted to kill him.

There was the Thunder God, the Lightning Goddess, and even those who breathed fire.

He couldn't even imagine it; if lightning struck him, he would definitely be dead.

But the Monkey King wasn't afraid at all!

This was also thanks to the Monkey King's master. He was truly powerful!

"How hateful! They actually put the Monkey King into a furnace to burn him with fire, while the other gods were watching fairies dance!"

The plot soon moved to the Monkey King riding the Ox-Head and Horse-Face demons into a dark and terrifying place.

It seemed to be called the Hall of Yanluo.

Ding Yi watched intently but was also quite scared, but fortunately, the Monkey King was powerful and took over that person's position in an instant.

But when he saw that person say the Monkey King was already dead, he couldn't help but let out a cry.

"How is that possible! How could the Monkey King die! Wuwuwu! That cursed furnace!"

In the cartoon, the Monkey King was also roaring, "What? I'm already dead?"

"I'm not dead!"

Until the book of life and death appeared, Ding Yi saw the Monkey King's name written on it, with the word "Death" above it.

He couldn't help but wonder again, what was the book of life and death?

But what the book of life and death was didn't matter, because in the next second, the Monkey King directly crossed out his own name.

He even tore the book of life and death into shreds!

When he saw the Monkey King emerge from that furnace and then tear down the Jade Emperor's house, he couldn't help but clap and cheer, "The Monkey King is so amazing!"

His grandmother came over with a plate of fruit and was stunned to see him actually clapping and cheering.

Since Ding Yi had developed the emotional illness, he rarely had such obvious emotional fluctuations.

She hadn't expected him to be so happy today.

Was it because of this cartoon?

She wanted to see what the cartoon was about, but afraid of disturbing Ding Yi, she quietly put down the fruit plate and withdrew.

Ding Yi didn't notice his grandmother had come in at all.

He was focused on the cartoon and heard the Monkey King mention Pangu creating the world.

He became puzzled again.

But that didn't stop his admiration for the Monkey King!

But then, he became nervous again.

Ding Yi watched as the Monkey King was pinned under a mountain by that man with the big ears, and he couldn't help but clench his fists and shout, "No! No!"

But this episode eventually came to an end.

When he went to watch the next episode, Ding Yi found that the opening song for this episode had changed.

"Monkey Brother, Monkey Brother! You are truly extraordinary!"

"The Five Elements Mountain cannot hold you! Out pops Sun Xingzhe!"